Foot for glider swings



July 10, 1934. Q QERMANN 1,966,355

FOOT FOR GLIDER SWINGS Filed Dec. 28, 1933 Z0 7 gwuc WW CHO /"IncannPatented July 10, 1934 1,966,355 -FOOT 'FOR GLIDER swINGs Carl H.Oermann, York, Pa. Application-December 28,1933, Serial No. 704,325

7 Claims.

This invention'relates to glider structures and more particularly toporch gliders and means to prevent scratching of floor structures bysuch gliders. '5 An object of this invention is to provide a cushioningfoot which may be mounted on the legs or bottom of the glider so as toprevent injury by the glider of a floor and also to prevent injury ofthe foot or other portion of the user of the glider upon bumping theends of the legs during the movement of the glider.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cushioning means whichis of reversible construction so that it can be used on any of the legsof a glider so as to resiliently resist movement of the glider relativeto the floor or plane surface upon which the glider is resting.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this inventionwill in part be described and in part be understood from the followingdetailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same beingillustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of an end member for a gliderswing having feet mounted on the bottom thereof constructed according tothe embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section taken substantially throughthe center of one of 3 the feet and showing the bottom rail of the endmember in fragmentary form.

Figure 3 is a topplan of one of the feet.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10designates generally an end of a glider structure which, in the presentinstance, is shown in fragmentary form and is provided with uprights 11connected together by means of a lower plate 13, and the bottom ends ofthe uprights 11 are secured to a foot bar 12 by means of securingmembers 14 or the like. These uprights 11 and the foot bar 12, in thepresent instance, are made of angle iron and the foot bar 12 has oneflange 15 thereof horizontal and the other flange 16 vertical. Theopposite ends of the foot bar 12 are each provided with an extension 17which is integral with the flange 15.

A cushioning member or foot-piece, generally designated as 18, engagesthe extension 17, there being one extension at each end of each foot bar12. The cushioning foot-piece 18 comprises a body 19 provided with asocket 20 within which the extension ll'is received and afloor engaging.lug 21 isintegral with the body l9rand extends therbelow.'Thefoot-piece 18, in the present instance, is preferably made of rubberor similar cushioning material, and the button or knob 21 is adapted toengage the floor of a porch or other plane surface, and is soconstructed relative to the body 19, that the button 21 will lierelatively flat on the surface engaged by the glider.

The body 19 has on opposite sides thereof vertically extending wings 22which are yieldable and when the foot-piece 18 is in applied position,one wing 22 will abut against the vertical flange 16 of the foot bar 12while the other wing 22a will be disposed inwardly of the verticalflange 16 and constitutes a guard member to prevent contact by a foot orother member of the user of the glider with the foot bar 12 in a mannerto injure the user of the glider.

In the use of the device hereinbefore described, the cushioning member18 is adapted to be mounted on the foot bar 12 and, in the presentconstruction of gliders, there will be four of these foot members oneach glider, two at each end of the glider. The bar extension 17 isadapted to engage in the socket 20 of the body 19. As the glider isbeing used, the button 21 will yieldably engage the surface on which theglider is mounted and will prevent movement of the glider relative tothe surface on which the glider is mounted.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications maybe made in the details of construction and design of the abovespecifically described embodiment of this invention without departingfrom the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restrictedonly by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:-

1. A foot comprising a body having an elongated flat socket therein, abutton on the bottom of the body, and a pair of upstanding wingsintegral with the body and extending upwardly from the opposite sides ofthe body.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a foot comprising a cushioning bodyhaving an elongated rectangular shaped socket therein, a button on thebottom of the body, and a pair of upstanding yieldable wings integralwith the body and extending upwardly from the opposite sides thereof.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a foot comprising a yieldable bodyhaving a substantially rectangular shaped socket therein extendingsubstantially horizontally of the body, a button extending downwardlyfrom the body, and a pair of wings extending upwardly from the oppositesides of the body.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a foot comprising a cushioning bodyhaving a socket therein extending substantially horizontally from oneend of the body and opening through said one end, a button extendingbelow the body and disposed adjacent the opposite end thereof, and apair of wings extending upwardly from the opposite sides of the body anddisposed longitudinally thereof.

5. In combination with a glider swing having end members and a bottombar disposed in substantially horizontal position, an extension integralwith each end of the bar, said extension being substantially horizontal,and a cushioning foot engaging each extension, said foot comprising ayieldable body having a rectangular-shaped socket extendingsubstantially horizontally of the body and opening through one endthereof, a button on the bottom of the body, and a pair of wingsextending upwardly of each side of the body.

6. In combination with a glider swing having end members and an anglebar on the bottom of each end member disposed in substantially ahorizontal position, a relatively flat extension integral with each barand a cushioning foot for each extension, said foot comprising ayieldable body having a substantially rectangular-shaped socketextending longitudinally of the body and opening through one endthereof, a button disposed on the bottom of the body adjacent theopposite end, a wing member extending upwardly of one side of the bodyand abutting against the outer end of the vertical flange of said anglebar, and a second wing member constituting a guard extending upwardly ofthe other side of the body and disposed in spaced relation to the firstwing.

'7. As a new article of manufacture, a foot comprising a cushioning bodyhaving an elongated rectangular shaped socket therein, and a pair ofupstanding yieldable wings integral with the body and extending upwardlyfrom the opposite sides thereof.

CARL H. OERMANN.

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